Asst. Secretary of Defense Dr. John Plumb on keeping pace in space with China
When the U.S. Air Force and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) were ordered to shoot down objects over American airspace... Read More
Starting the Countdown to O3b mPOWER
Later this week, the first two of the eleven satellites that will eventually comprise the SES O3b mPOWER satellite constellation will launch... Read More
How AI/ML is the key to protecting the U.S. Army’s space assets
At last month’s Annual Meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), digital transformation took center stage as U.S. Army... Read More
Top Air Force officials outline current space acquisition priorities at AFA 2022
According to Brig. Gen. Steven P. Whitney, the U.S. Air Force is the only department within the entire federal government that has... Read More
SES Space and Defense demonstrates emerging NGSO satellite solutions to Congress
When Congress passed FY22’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), there was one critical component of the bill that caught the attention of... Read More
Moving the Terminal from the Ground to Space – How COMSATCOM Will Enable the NASA Communications Services Project
As NASA lays the groundwork for the decommissioning of its legacy, agency-owned and operated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), the... Read More
Despite COVID and Conflict, 2021 an Exciting Year for Space and Satellite
2021 was a difficult and trying year for many that saw the unfortunate continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, and continued contentiousness in... Read More
OQ Technology discusses the role of satellite in government IoT initiatives
The digital transformation and modernization efforts that we’re seeing across the government and military involve the adoption of more than just one... Read More
Recent testing by Hughes and SES shows switching signals between GEO, MEO, and LEO satellites no longer science fiction
In September of 2021, SES and Hughes announced that they had successfully utilized the Hughes Resource Management System to seamlessly switch signals... Read More
tactiXs – supplementing military X-band with a flexible managed service
SES Space and Defense, Network Innovations, and GovSat, a public-private joint venture between the Government of Luxembourg and SES, recently announced that... Read More